I loved this episode in how they treated the transplant both for the donor mother and the recipient. They showed the shock and pain of a mother who has to decide to donate her only son's organs when when she is in her worst state. They also showed the little girl and her finally getting a lung transplant and getting bypassed on one opportunity. That young actor who plays the doctor who asked for the organs did a great job. Then the even better part was when Drew and his mate decided to adopt the little girl and committed to her that they would always be at her side. Drew's acting was amazing. Those were the takeaway stories for me.
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Everything wrong with stories about transplant
katiebsmith30 June 2017
Warning: Spoilers
I will begin by saying that I was very impressed by their treatment of the donor side of the story. So often donor families get forgotten. The Night Shift did an awesome job with that.
However, the transplant recipient part is every single thing wrong with dramatized stories about transplant. I say this as a double lung transplant recipient because of Cystic Fibrosis.
First, a CF patient will always have a bilateral (double) lung transplant; they are colonized with bacteria what will contaminate the new lung if only one is replaced.
Second, not just any old hospital can do a transplant. It requires a highly specialized team of doctors, surgeons and ICU nurses to care for post transplant patients.
Third, immediately after transplant, patients are in ICU for days or weeks, not regular rooms. Everyone would have needed gowns, gloves, and masks when entering the room to ensure that they do not transmit germs from other patients to a newly transplanted, immune suppressed patient. Also, a newly transplanted patient would not be allowed into the ER where emergent cases of potentially harmful illnesses would be.
I love this show, and transplants are not something most people are intimately acquainted with, however, they could have and should have consulted with someone.
However, the transplant recipient part is every single thing wrong with dramatized stories about transplant. I say this as a double lung transplant recipient because of Cystic Fibrosis.
First, a CF patient will always have a bilateral (double) lung transplant; they are colonized with bacteria what will contaminate the new lung if only one is replaced.
Second, not just any old hospital can do a transplant. It requires a highly specialized team of doctors, surgeons and ICU nurses to care for post transplant patients.
Third, immediately after transplant, patients are in ICU for days or weeks, not regular rooms. Everyone would have needed gowns, gloves, and masks when entering the room to ensure that they do not transmit germs from other patients to a newly transplanted, immune suppressed patient. Also, a newly transplanted patient would not be allowed into the ER where emergent cases of potentially harmful illnesses would be.
I love this show, and transplants are not something most people are intimately acquainted with, however, they could have and should have consulted with someone.
Wrong Medical presentation
katez-2942413 August 2016
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During this 2 part show your very wrongly presented the medical condition Achalasia!!!! I knew where you were going with it but how you got to the condition was very wrong!!! I know because I live with it. I am one of the unfortunate people that have recurrent Achalasia. It is a rare condition and you should do better research before you try to present to your viewers.
I love this show and was very disappointed in how you did this. It is not associated with a heart problem or a bug bite!!! BAD BAD BAD!!!!
Also, the usual was of testing is not an espogram like you had done in the show.
Nor is food usually stuck in the throat. It usually is spasmed completely out as it never reached the stomach. There are there (3) places in the esophagus that the spasms generate from as well. And it looks as though she never chews her food hmmmm bad eater.
I love this show and was very disappointed in how you did this. It is not associated with a heart problem or a bug bite!!! BAD BAD BAD!!!!
Also, the usual was of testing is not an espogram like you had done in the show.
Nor is food usually stuck in the throat. It usually is spasmed completely out as it never reached the stomach. There are there (3) places in the esophagus that the spasms generate from as well. And it looks as though she never chews her food hmmmm bad eater.
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